[Owasp-leaders] The Final Leaked TPP Text Is All That We Feared | Electronic Frontier Foundation

Tue Oct 13 19:22:38 UTC 2015

A related article on TPP for everyone I found this morning.

TPP requires countries to destroy security-testing tools (and your 
laptop)
http://boingboing.net/2015/10/13/tpp-requires-countries-to-seiz.html
(article excerpt) "...order the destruction of devices and products 
found to be involved in" breaking digital locks... used to identify 
critical vulnerabilities in vehicles, surveillance devices, voting 
machines, medical implants, and many other devices in our world.

Among other things, this TPP provision includes destruction of security 
static/dynamic analysis tools.  It's difficult to know if these 
provisions will be adopted as written but I'm concerned it's on the 
table for discussion.  As written, TPP will hurt industry more than it 
will help.  Security researchers are not the problem.  The problem is 
vulnerable software.

Unfortunately, it will take politicians and rights holders years to 
learn from there mistakes.  Positive influence early in the policy 
making process will be beneficial for everyone including OWASP members.  
I realize most OWASP members are not very interested in politics.  Still 
unfavorable laws and regulations will make security even more difficult 
than it is today.  Think of what it would mean if ZAP becomes illegal 
software.

--Milton

On 13 Oct 2015, at 9:49, Milton Smith wrote:

> I'm tracking TPP as well Tom.  Aside from favoritism for rights 
> holders, there are some provisions negatively impacting security.  
> Wassenaar Arrangement is a disaster, crypto backdoors, etc.  Unwinding 
> this mess will cause trouble for years.  Think of pass problems like 
> ITAR.
>
> OWASP must begin investing to positively to influence security from 
> the top down as well.
>
> --Milton
>
> On 13 Oct 2015, at 1:40, Tom Brennan wrote:
>
>> Worth a read when you consider getting behind and lobbying for things 
>> that matter.
>>
>> https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/10/final-leaked-tpp-text-all-we-feared
>>
>> Tom Brennan
>> 973-506-9304
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